Top 10s for 2008: It's a Trap! (albums)

Envelopes are blogging while on tour: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=12478407&blogID=401204842

Envelopes
Here comes the wind
Brille

Despite them paraphrasing Bonnie Tyler, sometimes cramming one to many ideas into a song, and a some general "wackiness", Envelopes are utterly charming. I love their first album, so it's great to hear that they've managed to get even better for their second one. They've got magnificent melodies, alternating boy/girl vocals (something that all bands would be better off with, as far as I'm concerned), original lyrics and they sound a bit like a mix between Beat Happening, Violent Femmes and Velvet Underground, but without coming across as dated (they sound very 2008, in a good way). I've been listening to this album now constantly for many weeks, and my love for it just grows day by day. "Here comes the wind" is a super fresh and varied album that deserves to be heard by everyone, and it makes me hope for a long and productive career from Envelopes.
- Simon Tagestam

Envelopes have confirmed European tourdates set for May. Head to myspace for details: http://www.myspace.com/envelopes

Envelopes will release a new 7" single in UK on February 11 featuring the track "Party" b/w "Go the hell". As mentioned before, the new album "Here comes the wind" will be out on February 18.

Envelopes have created a widget to preview their new album "Here comes the wind", due out February 18. Download here: http://www.envelopes.se/herecomesthewind/

Check out the Envelopes' new video for the track "Farmland": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJDEXv7uA4s

Envelopes will release their sophomore album "Here comes the wind" in February: http://www.envelopes.se/index.php/news/

There's a new Envelopes track up on myspace (besides the forthcoming single "Life on the beach", due out next week): http://www.myspace.com/envelopes

Envelopes' new album "Here comes the wind" won't be out until June, but there will be a limited vinyl EP released in the UK this January.

Envelopes are posting videos from their current US tour with Ratatat: http://www.youtube.com/envelopesvideos

As promised, here are the North American dates for the Envelopes tour with Ratatat and Panther:

09/05 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
09/06 - The Middle East (Downstairs), Cambridge, MA
09/07 - Les Saints, Montreal, QC
09/08 - Lees Palace, Toronto, ON
09/09 - Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
09/10 - Five Star Bar, Chicago, IL
09/11 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
09/12 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
09/15 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
09/16 - Berbatis Pan, Portland, OR
09/18 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
09/19 - tba, Berkeley, CA
09/20 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
09/23 - Glass House, Pomona, CA
09/24 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
09/27 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
09/28 - Emos, Austin, TX
09/29 - Walters Houston, TX
09/30 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
10/02 - The Loft, Atlanta, GA
10/03 - Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
10/04 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
10/05 - The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
10/06 - Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
10/07 - Powell Knight, Club Alfred, NY

Envelopes will be doing a month-long US tour with Ratatat in September. Dates soon.

The new LA Priest remix of Envelopes is streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/envelopes

Stylus reviews Envelopes: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/envelopes/demon.htm